Matthew Alford

Matthew Alford MPhil[B], PhD is an independent scholar working on issues of power and politics in the screen entertainment industry. He has taught at the Universities of Bath and Bristol.

Books

 * Matthew Alford, "Puppet Masters of Hollywood", Strange Attractor Press, 2012.
 * Matthew Alford, "Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy", Pluto Press, 2010.

Scholarship

 * Tricia Jenkins and Matthew Alford, "A Model for Intelligence Activity in Hollywood: Don't Forget the 'Agency' in CIA", Journal of Popular Video, forthcoming.
 * Matthew Alford, Book Review: Jeff Klaehn(ed), The Political Economy of Media and Power (Peter Lang, 2010) in Global Media and Communications, Summer 2011.
 * Matthew Alford, "Why Not a Propaganda Model for Hollywood?", in Philip Hammond (ed), Screens of Terror (Abramis, 2011).
 * Robbie Graham and Matthew Alford, "A History of Government Management of UFO Perceptions Through Film and Television", 49th Parallel, Spring 2011.
 * Matthew Alford, "A Propaganda Model for Hollywood", Westminster Papers for Communication and Culture, Vol 6(2), 2009.
 * Matthew Alford, "A Propaganda Model for Hollywood? Representations of American foreign policy in contemporary films" PhD Thesis, University of Bath, 2008.

Interviews, Radio and Television

 * WBAI, "The Mother of All Talk Shows" March 30th 2011.
 * Psi Op Radio, "Military Media Manipulation" March 6th 2011.
 * Al Jazeera, "Empire: Hollywood and the War Machine" December 22nd 2010.
 * Media Lens, "Hollywood - Weaponised Dream Factory", October 7th 2010.
 * Press TV, "The Real Deal" (George Galloway), October 3rd 2010
 * New Left Project, Hollywood Propaganda, August 24th 2010.
 * Canal Plus Spain, "Spies in Hollywood" (in Spanish), May 27th 2010.

Selected Journalism

 * Matthew Alford and Robbie Graham, "The Mysterious Death of Schwarzenegger's Screenwriter", Fortean Times, August, 2010.
 * Robbie Graham and Matthew Alford, "The Power Behind the Screen", New Statesman, January 29th, 2009.
 * Matthew Alford and Robbie Graham, "An Offer They Couldn't Refuse", Guardian, November 14, 2008.

Film

 * Beyond MAD: Son of Star Wars, 2001.

Contact

 * reelpoweralford@gmail.com